Refreshing all the pivot tables in my excel workbook with a macro

Question

I have a workbook with 20 different pivot tables. Is there any easy way to find all the pivot tables and refresh them in VBA?

Answer 1

ActiveWorkbook.RefreshAll refreshes everything, not only the pivot tables but also the ODBC queries. I have a couple of VBA queries that refer to Data connections and using this option crashes as the command runs the Data connections without the detail supplied from the VBA

I recommend the option if you only want the pivots refreshed

Sub RefreshPivotTables()     
  Dim pivotTable As PivotTable     
  For Each pivotTable In ActiveSheet.PivotTables         
    pivotTable.RefreshTable     
  Next 
End Sub 

Answer 2

I have use the command listed below in the recent past and it seems to work fine.

ActiveWorkbook.RefreshAll

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

Yes.

ThisWorkbook.RefreshAll

Or, if your Excel version is old enough,

Dim Sheet as WorkSheet, Pivot as PivotTable
For Each Sheet in ThisWorkbook.WorkSheets
    For Each Pivot in Sheet.PivotTables
        Pivot.RefreshTable
        Pivot.Update
    Next
Next

Answer 4

You have a PivotTables collection on a the VB Worksheet object. So, a quick loop like this will work:

Sub RefreshPivotTables()
    Dim pivotTable As PivotTable
    For Each pivotTable In ActiveSheet.PivotTables
        pivotTable.RefreshTable
    Next
End Sub

Notes from the trenches:

1. Remember to unprotect any protected sheets before updating the PivotTable.
2. Save often.
3. I'll think of more and update in due course... :)

Good luck!